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LOT 1097
Stone Age Vinca Idol
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/2 in. (74 grams, 88 mm).
A ceramic figurine fragment of a standing female with stub arms extended laterally, incised chevron detailing to lower body.
Provenance
Ex central European collection.
Munich, Germany 1999.
G.M.R.H.collection, West London, UK.
Literature
See Villes, A & Luci, K., Dieux des Balkans. Figurines Néolithiques du Kosovo, Paris, 2015, for type.
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